The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-04-30
Waterloo Items.

April 26.
J. w. earns is almost on the sick list.
Mr.. Mcbride Is blowing for Mr.. Vail
Marion Glass is working for Eugene
Ulm, below Lebanon.
Mrs. S. ID. Gager has gone to her nus
band east of the mountains.
Mrs. j. b. Gibheard has gone east on
a visit, and may be gone year.
j. Albert Gibheard has left us. He
has a job moulding brick at Corvallis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert earns, of Mabel,
are visiting their father and mother at
this place.
Lill Devine has filed ON a piece of
government land just above Waterloo.
His intention is to pre-empt it.
Mrs. J. b. Heninger has been quite
sick with malaria fever. | understand
for day or SO she has been improving.
George Gross has commenced to pre-
pare for the summer by improving the
appearance of his grounes. OTHERS
should do likewise.
1t Is gratifying to learn that Henry
Saltmarsh has improved in tine last
few days. / think as soon as this cold,
damp weather breaks up he will be
around again.
Jessie Mcclure, of Silverton, made a
flying visit to his fathers, going up on
last Saturday and coming back on the
stage, Monday. His brother accom-
panyed him home.
Mr.. Fannie Mills is making her home
with her father, since the death of her
husband a few days ago. She has the
sympathy of a large circle of friends in
her sad bereavement.
II would seem that bad colds are, at
the present time, around here both en-
deniic and epidemic, as nearly every
one has a good large one. Several are
calling for a change of venue.
Farmers are about done sowing grain.
Everybody desires to see some good
weather pretty soon, so they can do
their gardening. Grain looks much
better than one would suppose.
Johnny earns has not been we'll this
spring, being bothered with cough
notwithstanding this, he thinks he
can beat any one in the district pitch
ing horse shoes. Your correspondent
believes it.
George Klum has completed his shed.
Uncle George has laid good pattern,
and | expect to see several follow il.
Farmers should prepare to put up feed,
for we can even have snow In the VIII
lamette valley.
Scool Is progressing finely. We have
D names on the roll, and they are the
names of industrious BOYS and girls,
who realize that their school is busi-
ness institution, one i'm which they are
individually interested, and one i'm
which they form an integral part and
in which the daily programme is not a
luxury but real necessity.
IL. Y. Gibson has the contract to
carry the mail from Lebanon to Sweet
/ Home, via. Sodaville and Waterloo.
and is now running a tri-weekly hack
on this route. He makes his trips on
/ time and the way his horses step up ii
Will he pleasure to travellers ON this
route To patronize him, as ne is prepar-
ed to take them comfortably and al
! reasonable terms.
Checkers is the all absorbing game
| here. We have two champions, G.. w.
( Klum and Elijah Saltmarsh, and few
I amateurs. Some times the amateurs
4 feel like they were standing Oh shet
/ of paper, and rush i'm on one of the old
men and scatter things, but just as the
would-be victory is dressed down il
4 turns out that Mr.. Amateur Is left
4 Your correspondent don't (seldoml play
! checkers. Never tseldOm) gets left
Improvement is the watchword hers
and we began at the school house. The
/ intention is to fence in and clear up the
school house grounds and put pumI
| in the well. John earns and Isaac
| Saltmarsh were to build the front line
of fence; this they have nearly com
| pleted. only lacking two or three rods
| The remainder will be finished soon
The pump is on hand and will be put
i'm as soon as the water goes down and
the we'll can I've cleaned A FISHER